Paint brush guide



1962 A. R. BESSETTE ETAL 3,049,741

PAINT BRUSH GUIDE Filed Dec. 22, 1960 INVENTORS. ALBERT R. BESSETTE BY RAYMOND N. MARTIN ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,049,741 PAINT BRUSH GUIDE Albert R. Bessette, 80 Falcon Ave., and Raymond N. Martin, 65 Cambridge Ave., both of Warwick 5, RJ. Filed Dec. 22, 1960, Ser. No. 77,681 4 Claims. (Cl. 15248) This invention relates to a paint brush guide which may be made in varying sizes to attach to different types of paint brushes.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a paint brush guide which may be used for guiding a paint brush along a window casing or frame.

Another object of this invention is to provide a guide which will be of simple construction and inexpensive to make.

Another object of this invention is to provide a paint brush guide from sheet stock which may be bent into a form for embracing and being held on a paint brush.

Another object of this invention is to provide a paint brush guide which may be adjusted so as to provide varying amounts of exposed bristle for determination of the width of surface which is to be painted.

Another object of this invention is to so confine the "bristles that they will not spread unduly as the brush is used and thus prevent the bristles from getting out of control.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a paint brush with our guide attached thereto;

FIG. 2 is a central sectional view through the adjusting means of the guide for exposing the desired amount of bristles for operation;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of one part of the guide;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another part of the guide; and

FIG. 5 is a sectional view through a casing illustrating the paint brush with the guide attached thereto as in position with reference to the casing or in operative use.

In proceeding with this invention, we have provided a sheet metal guide consisting essentially of a body plate with a portion bent so as to embrace the paint brush at the portion thereof which imbeds the bristles or a part of the handle, while at the other end of this body there is provided laterally extending arms which are bent up at the forward portions so as to engage the edge of a window ledge or the like along which it is desired to draw the brush to deposit paint. Also these folded-up edges serve to confine the bristles against undue spreading while to further carry out this confining of the bristles, we have provided a tongue plate which is also embraced by the folding portions of the body and which is held in place by a thumb screw which attaches the body to the brush. By this arrangement various adjustments of the guide may be provided for locating the guide the desired distance from the end of the bristles so that the desired amount of bristles will be exposed.

With reference to the drawings designates generally a paint brush having a handle portion 11 and bristles portion 12, the bristles being bound together and secured to the handle by a ferrule '13 which is usually of metal.

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The guide which is the subject of this invention consists essentially of a body member 15 shown in one part in FIG. 4 as being of sheet metal formation 16 with porrtions 17 and 18 extending from the upper side edges thereof and folded as at 19 and 20 so as to extend over and about the ferrule 13 and embrace the same. Extending laterally from either side of the body portion 16 there are arms 21 and 22 each of which is L-shaped, there being one portion 23 and 24 in the plane of the body 16 while there is another portion 25 and 26 which is folded at substantially right angles to the portions 23 and 2-4 and which presents a guiding surface which may engage the edge such as 27 of a part to be painted, the bristles engaging the surface 28 of this part and extending only to the surface 29 so that the part 28 may be painted by reason of the guide which is formed between the surfaces 25 and 26 and the edge 27 as the brush is drawn therealong.

The edges 30 and 31 of these right angularly or L- shaped extending parts of the arms 21 and 22 engage the edges 32 and 33 of the brush or bristles thereof and serve to prevent these bristles from spreading laterally and thus confine the bristles in place. Also to assist in this confining action of the bristles, there is a tongue 34 shown by itself in FIG. 3 which is a fiat sheet of stock bent into L-shape or provided with a flange 35 at one end. This flange engages the edge 36 of the portions 17 and 81 so as to limit its extent so that it will terminate substantially even with or at the same position along the bristles as the edge 37 of the body 16. Thus the bristles are further confined by this arrangement.

In order to hold the guide in place, we have provided a thumb screw 38 having a handle portion 39 which is threaded through the metal body as at 40 so as to engage the metal ferrule 13, and by pressing against this ferrule, it will draw the body plate 16 so that its arm will engage the tongue 34 and press the tongue against the ferrule 13 and serve to bind the entire guide in place.

We claim:

1. A paint brush guide comprising a body member with a portion extending longitudinally on one side of the bristles substantially the width of the paint brush with portions folded from the opposite edges thereof to embrace the brush at a location spaced from the ends of the bristles, a tongue member to engage the opposite side of the paint brush also embraced by said body and of a length substantially the length of the body portion extending longitudinally of the bristles to support the bristles on opposite sides.

2. A paint brush guide as in claim 1 wherein a screw adjustably holds the body and tongue on the brush.

3. A paint brush guide as in claim 1 wherein one of said members carries lateral arms to engage a guiding surface.

4. A paint brush guide as in claim 1 wherein one of said members carries lateral arms to engage :a guiding surface, said arms being L shape.

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